Roll Red Roll

Year: 2018
Description: Examines the attitudes and culture that led to the sexual assault of a teenage girl at a party, the treatment of the high school football players involved, the behaviors of bystanders, and the motivations of adults to cover up the 2012 crime in Steubenville, Ohio. Includes videotaped interviews with perpetrators, witnesses, and crime blogger Alexandria Goddard, whose detailed investigation was instrumental in the case.
Director: Schwartzman, Nancy
Producer: Devaney, Jessica; Lake, Steven; Schwartzman, Nancy
Cinematographer: Bockelman, Matthew
Editor: White, Christopher
Production Team: Sunset Park Pictures, Just Films, Bertha Doc Society, Fork Films, Multitude Films, Artemis Rising, and Ro*Co Films Educational
Genre: Documentary
Language: English
Media Format: 1 DVD (81 min.) or 1 streaming video (81 min.)
Type: Color
Additional Content: A 56-min. version of the film is available.
A discussion guide, lesson plan, and reading list are available.
Production Notes: Broadcast on the PBS television series POV on June 17, 2019.
Updated: 03-16-2023

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